Private foundation (trust)EIN 222617727Est. 1986-10

SY SYMS FOUNDATION

WARREN, NJ 07059

Total Assets

$32.9M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$2.2M

FY 2023

Grants Made

39

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$56K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$300K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$1.1M

Total Expenses

$3.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.2M

Distributable Amount

$1.6M

Min. Investment Return

$1.6M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

39 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $25K to maximum $300K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $3.4M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

205 grants

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK NY - SY SYMS BUSINESS SCHOOL
$1.4M
3 grants
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC
$1.1M
4 grants
WNET-NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA
$899K
4 grants
MARKETPLACE FROM AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA LOS ANGELES CA
$625K
4 grants
PEN AMERICAN CENTER
$425K
3 grants
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
$423K
4 grants
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic
$405K
3 grants
BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION
$400K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

205 grants

<$10K
51
grants
$10–50K
100
grants
$50–250K
45
grants
$250K–1M
9
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

New York
$8.0M
67% of total
District of Columbia
$1.3M
10% of total
New Jersey
$1.1M
9% of total
California
$800K
7% of total
Arizona
$400K
3% of total
Ohio
$125K
1% of total
Florida
$125K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$115K
1% of total
Connecticut
$45K
0% of total
Colorado
$2K
0% of total

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